NASA Nears Attempt To Obtain Asteroid Sample

Nightingale Crater
Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
NASA’s first attempt to obtain samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth is set to reach a critical stage on Oct. 30 when the Osiris-Rex spacecraft is scheduled to touch down on Bennu. Osiris-Rex is set to land for between 5 and 10 sec. at its rock-strewn, 500-m (1,600-ft.)-wide destination...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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